Hi,

As my review said - please wait for instructions from the document
shepherd. The IESG discussion is what counts. My opinion is only
my opinion.

Regards
   Brian

On 2011-06-05 19:21, Anantha Ramaiah (ananth) wrote:
> So, I am a bit confused, just to summarize my understanding so far :-
> 
> - if the document status is standards track, then there is no issue.
> - if the document status is informational, then remove the RFC 2119 usage. 
> Then I am afraid the message of the draft becomes at the best dubious.
> - retain it as informational, but use "updates 1122". Can this be done? I am 
> not sure..
> 
> How do we move forward on this one?
> 
> -Anantha
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Brian E Carpenter [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2011 9:10 PM
>> To: Wesley Eddy
>> Cc: Anantha Ramaiah (ananth); draft-ietf-tcpm-
>> [email protected]; General Area Review Team; David Harrington
>> Subject: Re: Gen-ART telechat review of draft-ietf-tcpm-persist-04.txt
>>
>> Hi Wes,
>>
>>> In TCPM, it was determined that RFC 1122 is not wrong or flawed, just
>>> potentially unclear.
>> That's a judgment call that the WG's entitled to make, of course.
>>
>> (Side comment: it would be useful for reviewers outside the WG
>> if writeups noted why a document was in a particular category
>> when there might be some question about it.)
>>
>>> There are many non-standards-track RFCs that include 2119 language,
>> True, where the document is self-contained (e.g. an Experimental
>> specification). But it goes with my previous point - either it's
>> normative, in which case it should be standards track, or it isn't,
>> in which case using RFC 2119 seems inconsistent.
>>
>> This is definitely IMHO but I see from Dave Harrington's DISCUSS that
>> he has the same questions.
>>
>> Regards
>>    Brian Carpenter
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2011-06-05 15:08, Wesley Eddy wrote:
>>> Just commenting on the non-editorial portion:
>>>
>>> On 6/4/2011 5:51 PM, Anantha Ramaiah (ananth) wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> Why is this Informational? If it matters, it should be a Standards
>> Track
>>>> document updating RFC 1122.
>>>>
>>>> ANA>  I agree, it should have been a standards track document since
>> it
>>>> clarifies the RFC 1122 wording. I believe the TCPM chairs and WG
>> group
>>>> had
>>>> ANA>  approved us to come up with a informational RFC that clarifies
>>>> the intention of RFC 1122 regarding persist state. We have no
>> problems
>>>> making ANA>  this a standards track, I'll leave it to the chairs to
>>>> comment on this.
>>> In TCPM, it was determined that RFC 1122 is not wrong or flawed, just
>>> potentially unclear.
>>>
>>> The current draft is a clarification rather than actually augmenting,
>>> correcting, extending, or updating any of the specs and guidance in
>>> 1122.
>>>
>>> As I recall, Informational was purposefully chosen by TCPM; this is
>>> more implementation guidance than anything warranting standards
>> track.
>>> As for adding Updates 1122, this may be a good idea; I don't recall
>> if
>>> it was specifically discussed by the WG.  I noticed at least one
>> other
>>> RFC which includes clarifications is Informational and doesn't Update
>>> its parent documents (RFC 4718 is the example)
>>>
>>>
>>>> If it's not a Standards Track document, why is it using RFC 2119
>>>> language?
>>>>
>>>> ANA>  I think we need to remove the RFC 2119 language if the target
>> is
>>>> informational.
>>> There are many non-standards-track RFCs that include 2119 language,
>> so
>>> it's unclear what the hangup is here.  That said, I think either way,
>>> the meaning of this document will be clear, so don't have strong
>>> personal feelings one way or the other.
>>>
>>>
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